Wedge-tailed Shearwater

Wedge-tailed Shearwater
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Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus
Buller's ShearwaterPuffinus bulleri
Sooty ShearwaterPuffinus griseus ...

Wedge-tailed shearwater (Puffinus pacificus)
White-necked petrel (Pterodroma cervicalis)
Henderson petrel (Pterodroma atrata)
Parkinson's petrel (Procellaria parkinsoni)
Yelkouan shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan)
Phoenix petrel (Pterodroma alba) ...

PACIFIC FULMAR.
[Wedge-tailed Shearwater.]
PROCELLARIA PACIFICA, Aud.
[Puffinus pacificus.] ...

Puffinus pacificus, Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Puffinus bulleri, Buller's Shearwater
Puffinus griseus, Sooty Shearwater
Puffinus tenuirostris, Short-tailed Shearwater or Mutton bird ...

Abstract: A previous report (Zhang and Whittow 1992) described the patterns of embryonic oxygen consumption and organ growth in the Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus pacificus). In the presents tudy, similar da..[more]..

mainly on small islands in Bass Strait and Tasmania and migrates to the Northern Hemisphere for the boreal summer. In New Zealand the Sooty Shearwater is the local 'muttonbird', and other harvested petrel species, such as the Wedge-tailed Shearwater, ...

This brownish mottling continues down the flanks to merge into a bolder brownish lower belly, under-tail coverts, and thighs. Plumage varies between paler and darker morphs. The similar looking Wedge-tailed Shearwater (P. pacificus) is smaller and ...

See also: Shearwater, Puffin, Petrel, Sooty Shearwater, Seabird